Dispensing device



Sept. 29, 1925.

A. E. ROCKEY DISPENSING DEVICE Filed July 21. 1924 I N VEN TOR.

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Patented Sept. 29,

UNITED sT A TEs I 1,555,434 PATENT OFFICE- ALBERT E. OI DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

.IDIQENSING DEVICE.

ap uua n fled July 21, 1924-. Serial no. m',aas.

This invention relates to dispensing devices, and the object of the invention is to provide a dispensing device for use with coffee urns whereby a fixed amountof cream is added to the coffee as it flows from the cofieeurn.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dispensing device whereby either cofiee or coffee with cream may be dispensed at the will of the operator.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to p'rovidea dispensing device in which'the coffee and cream may be dispensed into a cup in one operation instead of the two operations heretofore required in. utting the coffee in the cup and then ad the cream,-thus, efiecting a considerable saving of time especially where quick lunches are served. p

This devi e also efiects a saving? inthe amount of cream used and eliminates the waste of cream which occurs when thecream is put in the en separately from the cofiee as it is impossib e to dispense a fixed amount of cream in each cup of cofiee manually. Another p'bject' of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be easily connected to the cofiee urn without any change in the structure of the urn. v

These objects and the several novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed 1 and the preferred form of construction y which these objects are attained is shown m' the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front, levation of a cofiee urn showing my dispensing device connected" thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through the valve. ig. -3 is Fi 4 is a section taken on line 4--4 of ig. 5 is a vertical section through the rotatable valve me r.

A coffee urn 1 is shown in Fig. 1 having gauge glasses 2 and'3. This cofi'eeur'n,

a section taken on line 3-3- of; r

' pensed with the coffee and the valve may be ateror lesshthe ordinary as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with a flangle 4 into which a valve member 5 is threade This valve member 5 has an opening 6 to the interior of the coffee urn through which the cofiee may flow and is provided with a tapered vertical opening 7 m which the rotatable valve member 8 1s ositioned. The rotatable valve member 8 is s own more particularl in Fig. 3 and com rises a Y tapered bo y having): recess 9 therem which opens through the ttom of the rotatable valve member. This rotatable valve-member is provided .with three apertures 10, 11 and 12 opening into the recess 9, the apertures 10 and 12 providing openings through which coffee may flow and the aperture-11 being a cream inlet as hereinafter described. This valve member 8 is positioned in the aperture 7 therefor in the valve member 5 and a knurled nut 13 is threaded onto the threaded I I end 14 of the rotatable valve member to properly seatthe rotatable valve member m t able valve member is provided with a squared u per end 15 onto which a handle 16 is fitte and is held in place by the screw 17 andwasher 18-as will be readily understood from Figs. 2 and 5. The cream con- "tainer 19 is mounted on the coffee urn as shown 1 and is provided with a lid 20 and an outlet tube 21. This outlet tube 21 is threadedinto the member 5 andv registers with the opening 11 in the rotatable valve member as shown in Fig. 4. When the valve is turned so that the aperture 12 registe the aperture 11 is open to the cream outlet cofi'ee through the outlet 9 tendin to draw the cream therewith. If plain co ee is desired without the @cream, the handle is e stationary valve member. The rotatrs with the cofiee outlet aperture 6,

21 so that the coifee and cream both flow out I through the recess 9, the passage of the.

turned until the aperture 10 registers with the aperture 6 and the aperture 11 is then turn away from the cream outlet so that 6, 10 and 9. I desired, a valve 22' may be valve a fixed amount of cream may be disopened or closed to give a cream content to the coffee. restaurant the cream container is entirely sefparate from the coffee um and an amount cream is put in each cup of cofiee but is usually not accurately measured and there-'v 'the plain coifee through the-apertures fore considerable cream is wasted. With this device the cream contenhof a cup of coffee is exact resulting in a saving of cream over a method in which an approximate amount of cream is added toeach cup of coffee. Another great saving with this device is the time saved in turnimr nl one valve to dispense a cup of cotlee in place of the two operations required in dispensing cofiee and cream separately. This isof particular value in lunch rooms where quick service is the desired feature and allows more coiiee to' be dispensed in a given amount of time than is possible with the old method.

From the foregoing description it becomes evident that the device is very simple and etlicient in operation; will not easily get out of order; is composed of few parts, and is of consequent low manufacturing cost, and provides a device which accomplishes the objects described.

Having thus fully described my invention, its utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. A dispensing device comprising a coffee container, a cream container thereon and a dispensing valve common to bo-th the said containers, an outlet pipe for each container connected with the valve body, the valve being rotatable on a vertical axis in the body and having a central recess opening through the lower end of the body, said valve having a pair of circumferentially spaced apertures opening through the wall of the valve body to the central recess adapted to be brought to registration with the coffee outlet, the valve also having a third aperture open to the recess adapted to be brought to reglstration with the cream outlet simultaneously with'the turning of the valve to bring one of the other apertures to registration with the coffee outlet.

2. A dispensing device comprising the combination with a cofl'ee container having,

a flanged aperture and a cream container, of a dispensing valve common to both containers comprising a valve body having an apertures in the wall thereof adapted to be turned to registration independently with the hollow extension and also having an additional aperture opening to the interior recess brought to registration with the aperture for the cream conduit simultaneously with registration of one of the other of said apertures with the hollow extension, the said hollow extension being of a length to position the open end of the valve at a distance from the Wall of the container to permit a cup. or receptacle to be readily positioned therebeneath.

8. A dispensing device for use with a coffee container and a cream container, com prising a valve, a valve ,body common to both the said containers, an outlet pipe for each container connected with the valve body at different points, the outlet for the coffee container being of materially greater area in cross section than the outlet for the cream container, the valve being rotatable on a vertical axis in the body and having a central recess opening through the lower end of the body, the valve also having a pair of circumferentially spaced apertures adapted by the turning of the valve to be brought indcpendently to registration with the cotfee outlet and also having a third aperture opening to the recess and adapted to be brought to registration with the cream outlet simultaneously with the turning of the valve to bring one of the other apertures to registration with the coffee aperture.

tion.

ALBERT E. RQCKEY.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- 

